Charge: Kerry opposed the First Gulf War

[cprise]

Questions:

* It is true?

* How will he have an iota of a chance against Bush, if so?

* Would we want to associate our other principles on labor, civil rights, etc. with this indefensible act?

[JohnKleeb]

1. Most of the dem party especially our senators opposed Persian Gulf I

I do know for a fact that only 10 Democrats voted for Gulf War I and Senator Al Gore was one of them. Yes it is true, Kerry voted against the original Gulf War.

[cprise]

2. That is forgotten, and they are not running for President. Kerry is.

Al Gore ran for President before 9-11.

[JohnKleeb]

6. Yeah true

Why dont you promote your candiate. It isnt over yet. Lieberman was a senator then actually, I dont know what his vote was. How about, you promote your candiate over Kerry, instead of going Kerry Kerry Kerry Kerry on us, its not that hard.

[cprise]

9. Kerry, Kerry Kerry...

...can't handle either real war or class war.

You are banking on his Vietnam tour of duty, and American's won't identify with that. They will identify with self-preservation or avoiding a morally-wrong war. Kerry didn't display either instinct.

[Metrix]

16. Here's the vote

January 12, 1991

Nays (47)
Democrats (45 or 82%)
Adams, Akaka, Baucus, Bentsen, Biden, Bingaman, Boren, Bradley, Bumpers, Burdick, Byrd, Conrad, Daschle, DeConcini, Dixon, Dodd, Exon, Ford, Fowler, Glenn, Harkin, Hollings, Inouye, Kennedy, Kerrey, Kerry, Kohl, Lautenberg, Leahy, Levin, Metzenbaum, Mikulski, Mitchell, Moynihan, Nunn, Pell, Pryor, Riegle, Rockefeller, Sanford, Sarbanes, Sasser, Simon, Wellstone, Wirth

Republicans (2 or 5%)
Grassley, Hatfield

[Uzybone]

3. Bogus charge

Yes its true

What does this mean? No one is casting votes based on the 91 War

As youve been told. Most Democrats voted against that war.

[lcordero]

4. it's true and he was 100% justified in doing so

After the Iran/Contra scandal and the S&L scandal, he knew better than to trust Poppy.

[Sean Reynolds]

8. Yet he trusted his son?

[cprise]

10. I can hear the echo-chamber now...

Kerry weakened support for a war against Iraq-the-invader, making Saddam's ouster unlikely.

[lcordero]

11. I don't think that he does

Too many people have said that the vote was politically expedient at the time. It'll come back to bite the whole party on the ass in the next few years when they find out that there is no next generation of Democrats.

[Sean Reynolds]

14. It's too bad too.

[mmonk]

5. I think alot of people

think Kerry got his votes on the two wars backwards. I think it will come into play at some point.

[cprise]

7. Agree... Backwardness.

BushCo and his media will roast Kerry over this now. It is an irresistable issue for them after 9-11.

Kerry has bad judgement when it comes to war. He wouldn't attack Iraq when they were strong and they invaded another country.

I don't Kerry holding all my progressive eggs in his basket. He is going to be drawn and quartered.

[oasis]

12. Bush doesn't want to explain the phony baby incubator tale his dad

concocted to gin up support for that war. Like father, like son.

[cprise]

13. A non-issue. The press is implicated, and they will cover for Bush.

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[oasis]

15. I'd say if Gulf War I is an issue, then how we got there is also an issue.